Nianlong Li

Nianlong Li is an Associate Professor at the Beijing Key Lab of Human-Computer Interaction, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a researcher supported by the CAS "Hundred Talents Program." His research focuses on human-computer interaction (HCI) centered on 3D interfaces and intelligent agents, including modeling human behavior to uncover interaction mechanisms, optimizing devices and multimodal technologies to improve task efficiency, and transferring user capabilities to intelligent agents to advance human-agent collaboration. Prior to joining the Institute of Software, he conducted interaction technology research at Lenovo Research, where he contributed to the core technology development of glasses-free 3D product lines. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2022 and has published multiple high-level academic papers on virtual reality and interaction technologies.

• 2025–Present·Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences·Associate Professor
  • Primary research areas include 3D spatial interaction, virtual reality technologies, and human-agent collaboration.
• 2022–2025·Lenovo Research·Researcher
  • Developed core interaction technologies and platforms for glasses-free 3D product lines.

• 2016–2022·University of Chinese Academy of Sciences·Ph.D. (Computer Science)
  • Research focus: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), supervised by Professors Feng Tian and Teng Han.
• 2012–2016·Xiangtan University·Bachelor's (Software Engineering)
  • Specialized in software development and engineering methodologies.

• In 2025, the paper EchoLadder: Progressive AI-Assisted Design of Immersive VR Scenes was accepted at UIST.
• In 2021, received the CAS President's Award.
• In 2020, the paper HapLinkage: Prototyping Haptic Proxies for Virtual Hand Tools Using Linkage Mechanism received an Honorable Mention at UIST.
• In 2020, the paper Get a Grip: Evaluating Grip Gestures for VR Input using a Lightweight Pen received an Honorable Mention at CHI.

• Teaching Assistant:
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences - User Interface Design and Evaluation (Spring 2018)
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences - Intelligent Human-Computer Interaction (Fall 2017)
• Academic Review:
  • CHI 2020/2021, ISMAR 2023, UIST 2024, VR 2025, IJHCS 2025